SoilEssentials is a precision farming company based on a farm at Hilton of Fern, near Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The company says it was founded in 2000 by three farmers, Jim Wilson, Robert Ramsay and Roy Watson, and that Jim Wilson remains Managing Director.
It supplies machine control products including GPS guidance and steering systems, PTx Trimble and Garford equipment, the AgBot autonomous tractor and its own SKAi spot spraying technology. It runs EssentialsNet RTK, a subscription GNSS correction service drawn from a network of fixed base stations, which it describes as compatible with multiple machinery brands. The company also offers soil sampling, area measuring, drone flying, agronomy services and farm management software to farmers, agronomists and land managers in the UK and internationally.